Window-screen.



No. 801,958. PATENTBD 00T. 17, 1905. C. W. ALLEN. WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLIUATION FILED 1320.19, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW-SCREEN..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed December 19, 1904. Serial No. 237,567.

10 LM w/wm, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port Byron, in the State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Window-Screens; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in window-screens.

The object of the invention is to provide a window-screen which isbrought into and out of position by the opening and closing of thewindow, so that when the window is closed the screen is out of the way.

A further object is to provide a windowscreen which will be simple,strong, durable, and inexpensive in construction, easily applied to awindow, and which will take up but little room when stored or packed forshipping.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of awindow-frame, showing the screen applied thereto and in an operativeposition. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same,and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the sash closed and the screen'rolled up.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l denotes a window-frame,and 2 denotes a window-sash. In the lower end of the frame 1 ispivotally mounted a springroller 3, to which is connected one end of astrip of netting 4, on the edges of which are arranged flexible metallicbinding-strips 5. These strips are of thin sheet-steel and are securedto the outer edges and outer surface only of the netting 4 by anysuitable means, as by rivets. On the outer end of the strip of nettingis secured a hook 6, by which the same is adapted to be connected to abailshaped bar or rod 7. The bar or rod 7 is attached to the lower endof the sash 2, whereby when said sash is raised the screen-strip will beunwound from said roller 3 and carried upwardly by the sash, thuscovering the opening.

Vhen the screen is unrolled by the raising of thev window, the spring inthe roller 3 will be wound up, so that when said sash is lowered theroller will be caused to revolve in an opposite direction, therebywinding up said screen upon the same. The bound edges of the screen 4lie in close proximity to the sides of the window-frame and slidebetween the stop-strips of the same, so that when the window is openedall insects will be prevented from entering through the same. When thesash is lowered, the spring will be automatically wound upon the rollerand will be entirely out of the way and practically out of sight.

Should it be desired to dispense with the screen at any time, the upperend of the same maybe readily unhooked and disengaged from the lower endof the sash. Should it be desired to entirely remove the screen from thewindow-frame, the roller, with the screen wound thereon, may be quicklyand easily disengaged and removed from the windowframe, and, owing tothe compact form of the screen, very little room is required for storingthe same. This compact form of the screen also facilitates the packingof the same for shipping.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described window-screen, consisting of a spring-roller 3revolubly mounted in the-lower portion of the window-frame, a flexiblestrip of netting attached to and adapted to be wound on said roller, aVthin spring-steel binding-strip 5 secured to the side edge and outersurface of said strip of netting, a hook 6 secured to the free upperedge of said netting and extending from IOO edge to edge of saidnetting, and a bar 7 se- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set curedto the lower edge of the window-sash my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Wit- With Which said hook is engaged. for attaohnesses.

ing said strip of netting detaohably to said CLARENCE W. ALLEN. 5 sash,said bar 7 extending from one side of Witnesses:

the sash to the other to prevent diagonal EDWARD M. ROGERS,

strains', substantially as described. LAMONT L. LEFFINGWELL.

